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New Logic that Supports Your Actions

By Laura Berman Fortgang on February 18, 2019

"If you allow "anything is possible" to be your new logic, your linear action will be supported in a whole new way." Laura Berman Fortgang

Filed Under: Inspirational Quotes, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Motivational Quotes, Quotes to Live By, Taking Action Tagged With: Change, entrepreneurs, new direction, Now What Coaching, Opportunity, take actionLeave a Comment

The Greatest Evidence to Cement Your More Productive Beliefs

By Laura Berman Fortgang on February 11, 2019

"The greatest evidence that will cement your more productive beliefs is your own action.” Laura Berman Fortgang

Filed Under: Inspirational Quotes, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Motivational Quotes, Quotes to Live By, Taking Action Tagged With: beat the odds, Clarity, entrepreneurs, new direction, Now What Coaching, Opportunity, take actionLeave a Comment

To Be Or Not To Be? That Is The Question

By Laura Berman Fortgang on February 8, 2019

To Be Or Not To Be? That Is The QuestionIn Shakespeare’s famous soliloquy, Hamlet was questioning whether or not to keep living. That is not today’s question. Let’s look at it a different way. Using the same words, consider the meaning of the famous phrase this way: “to be or not to be… myself?” That is today’s question.

“It’s not what you do for a living that will make you happy. It’s who that job allows you to be.” That is a key line from my TEDx Talk and from Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction which is the backbone of today’s question. If your job allows you to be yourself — the best parts of yourself — it will bring you satisfaction and likely a modicum of happiness.

Do you like who your job makes you be? Does it bring out your best or your worst? Do you simply tolerate your own behavior? Does it honor all you have to offer? Is it fulfilling?

IF the answer is no, don’t fret. Read on to find out how to get your mojo back.

You thought it was the job you hated. Nah. What you hate is how unaligned you are with yourself: your values, what you care about, what you want to contribute, and your best self.

What’s required is a turn-around of your focus. Stop performing your job and start protecting your soul.

To BE you again you have to:

  • Get rid of the vampires that suck your time, your energy, your goodness
  • Either find a motivating reason to be there or get out
  • Revisit your job description and explore if there’s a way to renegotiate it to better suit you
  • Make time for hobbies or outside-of-work pursuits that feed your soul (it may even be your family!)
  • Restore a sense of purpose by focusing a vision for what’s possible that is bigger than your need for a paycheck (on this job, a new job or outside of work) —a change in policy, culture, direction, branding, focus, product or a significant problem to be solved.

These are all pretty tall orders, I understand. However, just acting upon one of these bullet points would change how you feel about your work significantly. Choose one, keep it at the forefront, rinse and repeat.

Helping you make this shift is what we love to do at Now What?® Coaching. Let us know how we can support you to reach new levels of career and life satisfaction.

Filed Under: Inspiration to Follow Your Blueprint Tagged With: beat the odds, Career coach, entrepreneurs, life coach, new direction, Now What Coaching, Opportunity, take actionLeave a Comment

Are You on The Right Track?

By Laura Berman Fortgang on February 4, 2019

"You don't need to decide if you are on the right track; life will tell you." Laura Berman Fortgang

Filed Under: Inspirational Quotes, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Motivational Quotes, Quotes to Live By Tagged With: Career Coaching, entrepreneurs, Laura Berman Fortgang, life coach, OpportunityLeave a Comment

Who Holds You Back?

By Laura Berman Fortgang on January 7, 2019

"No one and nothing allows you to do or not do something. In the end, it is you who is holding yourself back."  Laura Berman Fortgang

Filed Under: Inspirational Quotes, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Motivational Quotes, Quotes to Live By, Reinventing Yourself Tagged With: Clarity, coaching, entrepreneurs, Laura Berman Fortgang, life coach, Now What Coaching, OpportunityLeave a Comment

Wait! Don’t Set Any Goals for 2019!

By Laura Berman Fortgang on January 3, 2019

Don’t set any goals?! Is that what I’m recommending? Well, yes. Sort of.

I want to introduce you to a way to get new results in your life that will be FAR MORE effective than simply writing down your SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound).

Wait! Don’t Set Any Goals for 2019!The key to getting more bang from your New Year’s reset is to set WHO goals vs. WHAT goals. WHAT?! Yes, you read correctly. I want you to focus on where you need to grow personally before you focus on WHAT you want to accomplish. For example, many a New Year’s resolution list includes wanting to lose weight. A SMART goal would be to lose 20 lbs. by June 2019. Specific: 20 lbs. Measurable: 20 lbs. Attainable: Yes, that’s not impossible. Relevant: Yes, I want this. Time-Bound: by June 2019.

There is a $70 billion weight loss market in the United States!* That is absurd when you consider that most of those consumers know EXACTLY how to lose weight. I’m sure you do too. Every audience I speak to can tell me: “Eat less; exercise more.” So, why do we have a multi-billion-dollar consumer market for weight loss advice and products? Because few teach you how to change the WHO. They teach you how to change WHAT you are doing but few actually address the internal changes that need to happen to keep you on track to do WHAT the programs offer and advise.

Back to you! Your 2019 will be brighter if you DON’T set WHAT goals right now and instead focus on WHO goals. Who do you need to be this year? How do you need to behave? What quality do you want to put at the forefront and build like a new muscle?

Do you want to get a new job this year? You’ll need to send out resumes, network, contact recruiters and the like, but you’ll have to work on your discipline and your courage first. To make the most progress on those two WHO goals, your best bet is to start small. Overcome a small lack of courage before you go for the big ask. Are you not one to send back improperly cooked food at a restaurant? Start now. Ask for what you want where the risk is low. Then, start building up your courage to contact the people you know you need to talk to, like an old boss or that colleague who works for a competitor. Build the courage muscle, put a date on it and DO it!

Small ways to build discipline might include: no longer setting a snooze button, committing to walk the stairs whenever possible, writing ten minutes a day, cleaning your desk every night before heading home, tackling whatever you’re working on in small doses.

“Aren’t these just distractions keeping me from doing the work of getting what I want?” you might ask. NO. These are the things that when you take the time to practice, will keep you in action doing the WHAT items without getting derailed. If you have a track record of losing steam on your action plan, you need WHO goals to be dealt with before you move into your action plan. Then you keep up the muscle-building while you move into the action items. If you don’t work on your discipline when it comes to eating, sticking to a plan becomes erratic. You get the idea.

Stop that GOAL setting right now and get your head on straight. Work on WHO you need to be first before you attack WHAT you have to do. The results will surprise you.

I’ll be right here applauding. Let us know if you need an assist.

*According to PRNewswire

Filed Under: Following Your Passion, Inspiration to Follow Your Blueprint, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Now What? Newsletter Articles, Reinventing Yourself, Taking Action Tagged With: Change, Following your passion, Laura Berman Fortgang, life coach, new direction, Now What Coaching, Opportunity, take action1 Comment

When Intuition Prods Your Soul

By Laura Berman Fortgang on December 31, 2018

"Intuition is a prod from your soul intent on reuniting you with your Life Blueprint®.” Laura Berman Fortgang

Filed Under: Following Your Passion, Inspiration to Follow Your Blueprint, Inspirational Quotes, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Motivational Quotes, Quotes to Live By, Taking Action Tagged With: Clarity, Following your passion, Laura Berman Fortgang, life coach, Now What Coaching, Opportunity, passions, take actionLeave a Comment

When You Bring all of Yourself to Work…

By Kelly Johnson on December 28, 2018

Magic happens!

Take a look!

Now I’ve Seen Everything

Filed Under: Following Your Passion, Inspiration to Follow Your Blueprint, Job Satisfaction, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Reinventing Yourself, Taking Action, Video Viernes Tagged With: coaching, Following your passion, life coach, Opportunity, passions, take actionLeave a Comment

Mourn the Loss but Celebrate the Gain

By Laura Berman Fortgang on December 24, 2018

"Mourn the loss, but more importantly, celebrate the gain." Laura Berman Fortgang

Filed Under: Following Your Passion, Inspiration to Follow Your Blueprint, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Reinventing Yourself, Taking Action Tagged With: Change, coaching, entrepreneurs, life coach, new direction, Opportunity, transitionLeave a Comment

3 Benefits of Hopping from Career to Career

By Laura Berman Fortgang on December 17, 2018

Sometimes hopping from career to career can be wise, fulfilling, and even beneficial, as you carry with you what you’ve gained in experience, knowledge, and contacts from past jobs.

Filed Under: Inspirational Quotes, Job Change, Job Search, Lessons Learned, Life Lessons, Motivational Quotes, Quotes to Live By, Reinventing Yourself, Taking Action Tagged With: Career Change, Career coach, Career Coaching, career path, career transition, Career transitions, Change, Laura Berman Fortgang, Now What Coaching, Opportunity, take action, transitionLeave a Comment

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